Class Teleostomata Cope (bony fish)
Parent taxon: Pisces according to O. Jaekel 1911
Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii, Andreolepididae, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Ganoidei, Histiothrissinae, Iniomi, Lophosteidae, Megamastax, Naxilepis, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Sparalepis, Tythonichthys, Otolithopsis, Azygostei, Dipneusta, Lepidoleprus, Argentinoideorum, Chrondroterygia, Ptilichnus, Malacostomata, Charitosaurus, Hypostomata, Aspidoganoidei, Percidarum, Rhytiodus
Subtaxa: Proostea
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder